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NIGERIA AFFORDABLE HOUSING ROUNDTABLE

NIGERIA HOUSING FINANCE – PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF SUBSIDY/MORTGAGE GUARANTEE ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A PRESENTATION BY: ’TOKUNBO MARTINS (MRS) DIRECTOR, OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUPERVISION DEPARTMENT

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OUTLINE

• VARIETY OF DEFINITIONS OF HOUSING SUBSIDY
• TYPES OF HOUSING SUBSIDY
• IS SUBSIDIZING A GOOD HOUSING STRATEGY?
• VEHICLES FOR PROVIDING HOUSING SUBSIDY
• GOVERNMENT GOALS IN HOUSING SUBSIDY
• HOUSING SUBSIDIES ARE COSTLY
• HOUSING SUBSIDY IN OTHER SYSTEMS
• THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUBSIDY
• MORTGAGE GUARANTEE AS A MARKET EFFICIENCY MEASURE
• MORTGAGE GUARANTEE IS SOMETIMES SUBSIDIZED
• DESIGNING A NON-SUBSIDIZED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE PROGRAM IN NIGERIA -
• NHFP’S PROPOSED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPONENT
• CONCLUSION

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VARIETY OF DEFINITIONS OF HOUSING SUBSIDY

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TYPES OF HOUSING SUBSIDY

A government can decide to use one or more of the following programs in subsidizing its housing system:

• direct housing subsidies
• non-governmental organization (NGO) housing
• Public low-cost housing schemes
• rent supplement programs of different types
• some forms of co-operative projects
• private sector housing interventions

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Is Subsidizing a Good Housing Strategy ?

• Most ”market economies” view subsidization as ONLY a part of a strategy

to improve outcomes within a housing continuum:

• First there should be efforts by government and stakeholders to make the

market more efficient – so that as many households as possible can find a housing solution (ownership or rental) without subsidies – This is what drives the NHFP : housing finance is at the core of efforts to make the market more efficient

• Second – there should be efforts to help people who cannot find solutions
• n their own without subsidies

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VEHICLES FOR PROVIDING HOUSING SUBSIDY

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GOVERNMENT GOALS IN HOUSING SUBSIDY

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Housing Subsidies Are Costly

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Thus market measures that improve access to housing without subsidies are crucial

HOUSING SUBSIDY IN OTHER SYSTEMS

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• USA
• The US system typically uses the term “affordable housing” rather than “subsidized

housing”.

• The largest housing subsidy in the US is the home mortgage interest deduction,

which allows homeowners with mortgages on certain owner-occupied homes to deduct the mortgage interest paid during the year. Mortgage interest deductions in 2012 cost the government about $110 billion, according to government accounting records.. Interestingly, in Canada -a similar market economy - does NOT provide mortgage interest deductions but achieves very similar housing outcomes.

• The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) agency runs affordable housing

programs in the US. The programs are run through the disbursement of grants to supplement low-income purchase and/or rental programs throughout the country.

• National, State and Local communities provide housing subsidies through

incentives and cash assistance to developers who build new housing schemes or rehabilitate older properties in their territories for lower income occupants.

HOUSING SUBSIDY IN OTHER SYSTEMS

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• UK
• The historical solution to subsidized housing in the UK has historically been mainly

through the provision of “council flats” through local authorities for lower income

• ccupants.
• Subsidized housing in this system seems to expand or contract according to the

government in power – expansion when the Labor party is in government, contraction when the Conservative party is in government.

• From about the 1950s, subsidized housing was provided by local associations on

behalf of the government.

• In 1980, the (Conservative) government passed a “right to buy” law, enabling

residents of council homes to buy them at a large price discount and subsidies.

• Interestingly, public housing has provided the majority of accommodation for low-

income renters in the country.

• However, public housing has been identified as having severe problems, especially

crime, health and social hazards to the renters.

THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING SUBSIDY

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There have been several subsidy programs by the Nigerian Government at various levels

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• Mortgage guarantee provides credit default loss protection to

mortgage lenders enabling them to increase the loan to value (LTV) ratio by reducing or removing the necessity for equity contribution by mortgagors.

• Mortgagors can thus access higher value mortgages with

lower down payments while the lender can expand into new markets or deepen existing ones.

• Mortgage guarantee indemnifies the mortgage lenders at the

point of default of the mortgagor unlike mortgage insurance which indemnifies mortgage lenders after foreclosure process has been concluded.

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MORTGAGE GUARANTY AS A MARKET EFFICIENCY MEASURE

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• Mortgage guarantee companies could be state sponsored or privately owned.
• State sponsored mortgage guarantee companies can be “back-stopped”* by the

Government or NOT.

• For state sponsored guarantee schemes “back-stopped” by Government, the state

takes over from private lenders all or a portion of the credit risk associated with all

• r a targeted portion of housing loans.
• “Back-stopped” state sponsored guarantees may be subject to political risk of

encouraging default or the pitfall of not estimating catastrophic or systemic risks.

• “Back-stopped” state sponsored guarantee programs may also be subject to risk of

shifting government priorities, expiration of the program or cessation of funding, which leads to ineffectiveness or lack of desired impact. (* Back-stopped means that in the event of a State Sponsored bankruptcy, the Government would pay the guarantee claims)

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MORTGAGE GUARANTEE IS SOMETIMES SUBDISIZED

DESIGNING A NON-SUBSIDIZED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE PROGRAM IN NIGERIA

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• .The upcoming Mortgage Guarantee Program in Nigeria is

designed as a Private Sector Commercial Enterprise.

• It is paid for by the Borrower which is expected to generate

income – thus creating a commercially viable and sustainable product.

• It provides a risk-sharing mechanism between the mortgage

guarantee provider and participating mortgage lenders, which risk would have been borne by the mortgage lenders alone.

• It may also provide reduce capital charge through capital relief for

legal mortgages as agreed under Basels 2 and 3. This would extremely advantageous for participating mortgage lenders.

• This design is expected to produce a much more sustainable

product for the uniquely suited to the Nigerian system

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NHFP’S PROPOSED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPONENT

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NHFP’S PROPOSED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPONENT

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NHFP’S PROPOSED MORTGAGE GUARANTEE COMPONENT

REFERENCES

• The Design and Implementation of Subsidies for Housing

Finance – Marja C. Hoek-Smit and Douglas B. Diamond (March, 2003)

• Wikipedia
• Financial Dictionary
• Africa Housing Finance Yearbook 2018

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Thank you for listening

QUESTIONS?

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